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Cerf and Kahn proposed how hosts could communicate across different packet networks through gateways and end-to-end transport mechanisms.
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Scientific scope
The 1974 protocol is an early design on the path to TCP/IP. It is not the final modern specification or sole credit for the Internet.
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- A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication
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- Original internetworking paper
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V. Cerf; R. Kahn
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A protocol for connecting packet networks
Cerf and Kahn proposed how hosts could communicate across different packet networks through gateways and end-to-end transport mechanisms.
Scientific scope
The 1974 protocol is an early design on the path to TCP/IP. It is not the final modern specification or sole credit for the Internet.
Reading status
This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
V. Cerf; R. Kahn
Source paper byline retained, including repeated label positions. Names are not verified unique identities or measurements of individual effort.